This book provides a detailed and impartial account of how the individual's right to hold beliefs is understood, protected, or denied in theory and practice throughout the world. Consisting of accessible, short, edited entries based on drafts commissioned from experts living in the countries surveyed, it exposes persecution and discrimination in virtually all world regions.
This book provides a detailed and impartial account of how the individual's right to hold beliefs is understood, protected, or denied in theory and practice throughout the world. Consisting of accessible, short, edited entries based on drafts commissioned from experts living in the countries surveyed, it exposes persecution and discrimination in virtually all world regions.
Kevin Boyle is a Professor of Law and the Direcotr of hte Human Rights Centre, Univeristy of Essex. He is a Barrister at Law in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and England with considerable experience of international human rights litigation under the European Convention of Human Rights. Juliet Sheen is a Fellow of the Human Rights Centre, Univeristy of Essex. In 1994 she established an independent consultancy in human rights, specialising in the area of freedom of region and belief.
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Introduction Chapter 1 Africa Chapter 2 The Americas Chapter 3 Asia-Pacific Chapter 4 Europe Chapter 5 Middle East